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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 444 Collections and/or Records:

Beth Jacob Synagogue at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1925-1935

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Identifier: B002.04.0215.0032.00005
Abstract Interior view of the synagogue at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The Mashgiach (kosher supervisor) for the JCRS sits on a chair on the bimah. The synagogue was erected in 1911 by Isaac Solomon in memory of his son Jacob. It was rebuilt in the form seen here in 1925 after a fire. At some later point it came to be known as the JCRS Isaac Solomon Synagogue. The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish workingmen...
Dates: between 1925-1935

Board of Directors of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1930-1940

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00030
Abstract

Board of Directors of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Seven men and one woman stand on the steps of a building. Rabbi Charles Kauvar stands second from the right and all others are unidentified. The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish workingmen along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado. The sanatorium was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver.

Dates: between 1930-1940

Bob Hope at a Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Convention, circa 1945

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Identifier: B002.04.0215.0116.00001
Abstract Bob Hope performing for patients at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society's (JCRS) Convention. Tony Romano, Jerry Colonna and Vera Vague (stage name of actress Barbara Jo Anderson) are also pictured and the event was held in the Mary Harris Auditorium at the JCRS. The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish working men along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado. It was located on West...
Dates: circa 1945

Bob Hope at a Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Convention, circa 1945

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00037
Abstract Bob Hope performing for patients at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society's (JCRS) Convention. Tony Romano, Jerry Colonna and Vera Vague (stage name of actress Barbara Jo Anderson) are also pictured and the event was held in the Mary Harris Auditorium at the JCRS. The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish workingmen along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado. The sanatorium was...
Dates: circa 1945

Bookbinding at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1940s

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Identifier: B063.03.0011.00098.00010
Abstract

Postcard of patients learning bookbinding as part of their rehabilitation at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish workingmen along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado. It was located on West Colfax Avenue, just outside of Denver.

Dates: 1940s

Box 364, circa 1906-1920

 File — Box B002.04.0364: Series B002.04 [Barcode: U186023257888]
Identifier: B002.04.0364
Abstract

2 framed black and white photographs. One shows two patients in bed with a nurse and doctor. The other shows a patient on an examination table with a nurse and a doctor.

Dates: circa 1906-1920

Box 365, between 1910-1920

 File — Box B002.04.0365: Series B002.04 [Barcode: U186023257896]
Identifier: B002.04.0365
Abstract

2 framed black and white photographs. One shows a patient outside in a wheelchair with nurse. The other shows a view from outside of the campus building with Model T's.

Dates: between 1910-1920

Box 368, between 1910-1925

 File — Box B002.04.0368: Series B002.04 [Barcode: U186023257927]
Identifier: B002.04.0368
Abstract

2 black and white photographs. Patient sitting on bed in a ward with windows open with a nurse beside him. Patient on an examiniation table with a doctor and nurse.

Dates: between 1910-1925

Box 369, circa 1930

 File — Box B002.04.0369: Series B002.04 [Barcode: U186023257935]
Identifier: B002.04.0369
Abstract

2 framed black and white photos. One shows a large number of patients in beds outside receiving heliotheorpy with a nurse attending to them. The other shows a female patient on a table with a doctor and nurse attending to her.

Dates: circa 1930

Box 376, 1925

 File — Frame B002.04.0376: Series B002.04 [Barcode: U186023258012]
Identifier: B002.04.0376
Abstract

Large framed black and white panoramic photograph of the JCRS Sanatorium in Denver, Colorado in 1925.

Dates: 1925